My Name is Paul H Cosentino. I started this Blog in 2011 because of what I believe to be wrongdoings in town government. This Blog is to keep the citizens of Templeton informed. It is also for the citizens of Templeton to post their comments and concerns.

This went largely unnoticed as 2 hours later a tape was leaked of Donald Trump having a lewd conversation about women.

Before the Podesta Leaks started, The NY Times had found a connection
to Hillary Clinton and pay for play criminal activity with the Uranium
One deal where Russia gained 20% of US yellowcake uranium mining rights
in places like Oregon and Washington.

The Bundy Standoff was something I followed closely in January of
2016 as it unfolded and I couldn't understand why the media was
spreading so much disinformation about it.

The general opinion in the MSM was that these were white,
conservative terrorists committing arson on federal land and were
illegally occupying a federal building with guns. One of the protesters
named LaVoy Finicum was shot in the back and killed on video by FBI
agents: https://youtu.be/9DGXDgzOCls

I oppose mandatory minimum sentences and the government taking
private land so I could totally understand why they were protesting.

The video testimony taken by "The Oregonian" from Ammon Bundy and
LaVoy Finicum showed they were on their way to give a presentation in a
neighboring county for a group of 400 concerning the grievances they had
with the BLM when the FBI tried to stop and arrest them for "preventing
Fish & Wildlife service officials from fulfilling their duties" due
to the peaceful occupation of a service building.

From the words of the protesters:
"The short summary is: in an effort to draw attention to a ridiculous
arrest of a father and son pair of Oregon Ranchers (“Dwight Lincoln
Hammond, Jr., 73, and his son, Steven Dwight Hammond, 46,) who are
scheduled to begin five year prison sentences (turning themselves in
tomorrow January 4th 2016), three brothers from the Cliven Bundy family
and approximately 100/150 (and growing) heavily armed militia (former
U.S. service members) have taken control of Malheur Wildlife Refuge
Headquarters in the wildlife reserve. They are prepared to stay there
indefinitely."
http://www.resurrecttherepublic.com/the-truth-full-story-of-federal-abuse-of-power-unconstitutional-land-grab-of-hammond-family-ranch/

The Hammonds were charged with terrorism when they set a backfire
after a lightning storm has started a wildfire. The backfire saved their
home and put out the wild fire saving thousands of acres.
Their land rights were wanted by the BLM. The Hammonds had refused to
give up the rights but their land rights were sold to Russia through
Uranium One.

The Hammonds had received a reduced sentence of 3 months and 12 months and had to pay the BLM
$400,000. The Judge ruled the mandatory minimum unconstitutional violating the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution.

A new judge "re-sentenced" them in 2014 for the entire 5 year
mandatory minimum. They are now forced to sell their ranch to pay the
BLM or face further prosecution.

The Bundy Protest was a peaceful protest over the Hammond's
re-sentencing and only turned violent with FBI shot and killed LaVoy
Finicum after he exited the vehicle with his hands up and then agents
laid siege to the 3 screaming occupants of the vehicle with flashbangs
and gas rounds.

The FBI was also documented posing as militia harassing people in
town and trying to turn public opinion against them. The Harney County
Fire Chief of over 20 years resigned because he was told to "back off"
when he followed FBI agents posing as militia and snooping around the
Armory.

The night before his death, LaVoy claimed the demeanor of the FBI
agents had suddenly changed and he expected them to be escalating the
situation soon.

Originally, only the FBI drone footage of LaVoy Finicum's death was
released with no audio and it made the shooting seem justified. It
looked like LaVoy was simply refusing to comply and reaching for a gun.
The occupants in the truck claim hundreds of shots were fired but the
mainstream media denied this claim.

Later the cell phone from inside the truck was released which showed
the FBI shooting first and confirmed the additional shots fired after
Lavoy's death. This led to the investigation into lies told by the FBI
agents which the mainstream media never picked up.

I learned about the Uranium One connection to Malheur County and the
BLM in January 2016 so when I saw the Wikileaks dump in October of 2016
was about Uranium One I connected the dots and I've been researching
since.

Its circumstantial, but the dates and potential BLM and State Department involvement are what really makes me see a connection.

The Hammonds were the last land owners fighting the BLM and were
re-sentenced the year after Russia finalized the Uranium One deal.